AMERICA/CUBA - Pilgrimage of “La Virgen Mambisa” to Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and President of the Bishops' Conference, presided at the opening Mass for the start of the National Pilgrimage of ...
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Corumba delves into the Continental Mission
Corumba (Agenzia Fides) – 90 group leaders from the Diocese of Corumba (in the State of Southern Matto Grosso – MS) met last weekend to study, reflect, and deepen in the theme of the Continental Mission. The Secretar ...
9 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Dialogue between demonstrators and government opens today
Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velasquez Quesquen arrives today, August 9, in the city of Quillabamba, province of La Convencion in Cuzco, to initiate a dialogue with leade ...
9 August 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Rwandans go to the polls for Presidential elections
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – 5.2 million voters will be able to cast their vote in the Presidential elections in Rwanda. The polls were opened at 6am today, August 9, in the 15,507 polling stations across the country, whil ...
9 August 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Brief Historical Overview of Rwanda
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – Rwanda, a landlocked country located in central Africa, has a surface area of 26, 338 km sq and 9.7 million inhabitants. It borders the countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democrati ...